An update on this exciting study! In June, 2018, results were revealed to both many a Baba and Nyona at a fun evening at the Peranakan Museum. A few photos below capture the event.

Are you a BABA or NYONYA? If you think you've got even a touch of Peranakan in your bloodline, do support a ground-breaking study of Peranakan DNA! Supported by the National University of Singapore, this study is being conducted by doctors & scientists who are all volunteers. It is meant to benefit the Peranakan Community as a whole to discover our genetic ancestry.

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Dr. Foo is leading this valuable project! Hope he doesn't find any skeletons in my DNA cupboard...

Gunong Sayang Association, the home of Peranakan dance and performances, recently hosted its annual Chinese New Year Bazaar. The event also hosted a reach-out event whereby a volunteer research team from NUS hopes to sequence the genome of Peranakan people and find out more about their roots - whether it be Chinese, Malay or other!

Dr. Foo and his team digging deep to uncover the mystery of who the Chinese Peranakans are!

My daughter and I were also thrilled to also meet Singaporean Peranakan actor Pierre Png during the bazaar. She (and me too!) enjoyed watching him a while back in local television drama called Mata Mata. We both like quite a few local actors including Rebecca Lim and Daren Tan!

It's a hard life being a little nyonya, but someone's got to mingle with celebrities!